Despite being an obsessive record collector for most his life, a globetrotting DJ who s toured the world dozens of times over, a go-to remixer for numerous labels, both high profile and fledgling (DFA, Mute, Permanent Vacation, Warp, Defected), co-owner of several imprints, LPH itself being one of them, and producer behind a handful of house and disco tunes that started trickling out in the mid-aughts, Jacques Renault has managed to never release a true, honest to god EP comprised of originals. That s about to change with Out of Sync, a four- tracker that exemplifies all Renault is, has been, and aspires to become —and that serves as a lead-up to his debut full-length, which will hit shelves next year